113 Home Remedies for Sinus infection

Prid salve for sinus infections!

I have a sure fire remedy I've used for about 6 years that I've never heard
mentioned by anyone else, Prid Salve. It's an unconventional treatment, but
it's easy and it works every time. I take a comb (or other similar object)
with a long, narrow handle and dip the end of the handle in the Prid Salve.
Once the tip contains a a smaller-than pea sized amount, I insert it up the
nostril (or both nostrils if they both hurt) and smear it on wherever part
of the upper tract is most in pain. Do this once, or twice a day for at
least 6 days.

I recently did just that last week for five days and now I'm good as new.
And best of all, NO DOCTOR VISIT, OR PRESCRIPTION!

November 09 2015

Bobo from In the Hood

30

Chronic sinus

I had sinus for almost 2 months, felt like drug addict, sleepy n paining in
head n nose n teeth, I tried penicllin and other it didn't work. Then I
used Methi seeds boil the seeds n drink the water extract, then steaming
with vicks available in Indian shops abroad. Don't eat oily food, bananas
and yoghurt or cold things, it worked...I am 100 free now.

February 10 2015

Hari from Sweden

11

Chronic sinus

I see a lot of people using Netti Pots but the squeezable bottles are so
much better. Put your Neil med salt in the Neil med bottle and distilled
water and put it in the microwave to warm it up. One bottle is about 30
seconds 2 bottles are 50 seconds. Never use tap water. There's evidence of
Mycobacterial activity in tap water and I contracted a myco. It was bad. 5
weeks with a pic line and Tigercill antibiotics which make you want to
puke. Every day for a month. It really sucked.

It was after sinus surgery and the path report showed Mycobacterium
Abscesses. See outside germs rarely get that deep into the sinus unless
there on a delivery agent and injected water is the best. Anyways buy 2
bottles and do it in a hot shower and it will really help.

December 30 2014

Ray from Clearwater

14

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Betadine really works

4 cups of boiled cooled water
Add a teaspoon of sea salt, 5 drops of oregano extract,
3 drops of eucalyptus oil,
1 teaspoon of baking soda,
20 drops of betadine solution and 3 drops of tea tree oil to the boiled
water and mix well.Use neti pot to rinse several times a day ....

November 05 2014

Tsoakae from Gauteng

2013

Betadine fan

I am so very satisfied with the rinse of 8 oz. Distilled water, 1/8
teaspoon sea salt, 1/8 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon betadine. I have
been on antibiotics for 18 days, they weren't penetrating at all. I was so
fatigued, miserable and in a fog. After two rinses on Tuesday, and three on
Wednesday, I felt significantly better. By Thursday I was feeling like
myself again. I highly recommend adding the betadine. It makes all the
difference in the world. At least it did for me. I have been a long time
sufferer of sinus infections and have had the surgery, etc. This works!!

October 30 2014

Jennifer from La Jolla, CA

246

Tooth caused chronic sinus infection

After years of suffering with sinus infection and with one sinus surgery
which only worked temporarily my new medical doctor took one look at my
face and said your tooth is causing the infection in your sinus. Sure
enough after insisting on a dentist to check this out,(none had thought my
tooth was the problem) they removed a tooth that had a cyst on the root end
of the tooth that was penetrating my sinus cavity.
Once the tooth was removed I no longer had any sinus infection. I also no
longer get vertigo which is an incredible blessing since when that happened
I could not stand because of severe dizziness. So please everyone if you
have any issues with your teeth please get a 3D x-ray of your teeth to
determine if you have any possible penetration to the sinus cavity. Thank
God I am sinus infection free.

October 15 2014

Marcos from New York

137

Salted nuts! sounds nuts right?

Hi. I was hungry so ate some mixed salted nuts from my cupboard. My sinus
in no time after chewing on some nuts cleared my sinus up. Now this is a
temp relief not a permanent one. I had a serious blocked sinus and it temp
fixed it. I do think munching on the salted peanuts when you go out or have
in your bag THOUGH its not a fux and I still recommend trying other
remedies on here.

September 18 2014

Lisa from Australia

47

Clearnasal - a combo nasal rinse

I would go and buy a kit of ClearNasal daily rinse. It combines the
positive effects of traditional netipot and modern devices. It is simple to
use and takes less than a minute to go through the process. Available on
Amazon (search ClearNasal)

August 22 2014

Kumar Sriram from Novato, Ca

28

Sinus irrigation and drainage remedy

My whole family suffers from chronic sinus infections. Both of my aunts and
my father have each had sinus surgery 3 times. Of course, I developed the
bad sinus genes. Needless to say, we will try anything.

First, sinus irrigation with a Neti Pot is the best thing. I use the Neti
Pot with the solution that comes with it, or I make my own by boiling water
a quart of water and while it's hot, adding 1/4 c of sea salt, and 2 Tbls
of Baking soda. I use this regular solution every day, twice a day. This
helps prevent the infection. I've done is every day for 3 years and didn't
develop a sinus infection until this March, due to high stress with a
family crisis (stress can make your body flare up in several different
ways, so it may not just be allergies and pollen!).

Every time I get an SI, I do my Neti Pot with my normal solution, but once
I pour the solution in, I add 5-10 drops of Betadine and if its really
chronic I add 5 drops of apple cider vinegar. I have noticed this clear up
withing 18 hours to 2 days almost every time!
Any time I feel the need to blow my nose (when I have an infection), I use
the Neti Pot instead. It gets more junk out of there. By the way, 3
different doctors have told me that sinus irrigation is one treatment you
CAN NOT over do!

I also suffer from severe drainage and I also develop laryngitis sometimes
or I get sick to my stomach from the drainage. I am a vocal music education
major, so I have to be careful.
1) to break up the drainage, warm 3/4 Cup of water. Add 2 Tbls of Apple
Cider Vinegar and an 1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper (not joking). Mix this
together and gargle several times. The pepper helps break up the mucus,
while the ACV acts as an antiseptic and the honey soothes.
This has helped cure my laryngitis in literally a day. Also, don't ever
boil the honey with the water. Boiling the honey kills all the good
antibodies and enzymes that help fight and soothe the infection.

2) if you have not heard of or tried Throat Coat Tea (Made by Yogi or other
organic tea brands) you must stock up! This is a staple in many vocalists
repertoire of tried and true remedies! Drink like normal hot tea. Drink
about three or 4 cups daily.
I suffered from bronchitis for 2 months in high school and tried every
antibiotic but nothing worked. This cured it withing a week! It also
soothes the throat for any issues (strep, throat infections, drainage,
laryngitis etc). A very cheap and easy method!
You can also add a tablespoon of ACV to give it a boost.

June 02 2014

Katie from Atlanta, GA

3339

Inhaling alcohol vapour

How it was discovered: Was sterilizing the surface of some bags where my
cat puked on by using a diluted alcohol spray. Being skeptical of whether
the spray did contained alcohol, I smelled the sterilized region closely
and accidentally inhaled a fair amount alcohol vapour. How it relieve
symptoms: There wasn't any immediate improvement on the sinus infection.
But that night I probably had the best sleep of the year.
The amount of sticky mucus significantly reduced and the next morning the
nasal passage also got cleared of 60 percent ~80 percent of the "normally"
thick layer of mucus.

Safety Issues: Upon inhaling the alcohol vapour, there was irritated
feeling in my nasal passage. I can also feel that a tiny amount of the
vapour might have also got through to the lungs as there were some mild
irritations within my chest (last for 20 seconds tops in my case).
Supposed/Hypothesized Retionale: Alcohol in the vapour has significantly
reduce the size of the population of bacteria that causes mucus secretion.

Precautions: Inhaling concentrated alcohol might be/should be dangerous?
The dilution on the alcohol is a must as I was just using a spray and still
put up with the irritation in the nose for a minute and in the lungs for
about 20 seconds.

Trivia: 1) I actually don't drink so I am not sure if it will be less
effective to people who drink a lit.
2) I got an air conditioner in my house( common in asia homes) which
generally reduces the moisture of the room to the extent that you will have
a rather dry throat the next morning.
3) The remedy seemed only worked for up to 10 hours after each spray as I
could feel that the mucus was coming back the next day afternoon( I inhaled
the spray in the evening of the first day).

May 31 2014

Jeffrey from Hong Kong

621

Melinda

I tried the usual nasal irrigation of salt and baking soda in distilled
water but added 20 drops of tincture of iodine per this web site and it was
the first day of 15 days of sinus infection misery that I had relief! I had
tried EVERYTHING in the past, different irrigation recipes, prescriptions,
over the counter, antibiotics, nasal sprays, homeopathic remedies and
nothing was working for this sinus infection.

I have dealt with the allergy testing, immune building shots, CT scans to
see if I was a candidate for surgery....Nope. I am allergic to about
everything and I have no physical obstruction just chronic inflammation,
vasomotor rhinitis. This irrigation with iodine gave me relief for the
first time in 15 days of misery!

May 04 2014

Melinda from Cincinnati

2315

Betadine really works!! try it!

My daughter had a pretty bad sinus infection for a couple weeks. Hoping I
wouldn't have to take her to the doctor, we were doing Netipot sinus rinses
a couple times a day. However,it wasn't helping enough. High fever
eventually set in. So, I had no choice but to take her to the doctor and
start her on an antibiotic. While the antibiotic did help, it didn't kick
the infection completely (which had never happened before).

Frustrated, I made her do even more sinus rinses a day, but the infection
still wasn't going away completely. I made her drink more, used a
humidifier in her room....You name it, I probably tried it. I decided to
turn to the internet for some home remedies and came upon this site. I saw
several people mention adding Betadine to the sinus rinses. I would have
never thought of that! Out of desperation, I went out and bought some the
same day. WELL....Let me say, IT WORKS!! It really works!

Yes, I was a little skeptical at first, but I was hopeful. I used 2 cups of
warmed DISTILLED water, 1 teaspoon sea salt, 1/2 tsp baking soda, and 6-8
DROPS of the Betadine. Careful not to add any more than that or it will
likely burn. We did this sinus rinse (with the Netipot) 2-3 times a day. I
noticed a difference right away. Each day, less and less yellow/green gunk
would come out. A light at the end of the tunnel, perhaps? YES!

Now, after a week of using the Betadine in her rinses, she is FINALLY
infection free!! I actually had a sinus infection this week and started
using the Betadine in my sinus rinses as well. After only 3 days, my
infection is almost gone! I probably would have needed an antibiotic
otherwise. I wish I had heard of doing this long ago! I highly recommend
trying this. It worked even on my daughters (very) stubborn infection.

Note: Betadine can be found in the first aid section in most stores. I
realize what works for some people might not work for others. However, it's
worth trying! Good luck!